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Instructions for the manufacture of saltpetre

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  • Physical Description: electronic resource
    Electronic data (1 file : ca. 37 kilobytes).
    remote
    1 online resource
  • Edition: Electronic edition
  • Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Text scanned (OCR) by Yin Tang. Images scanned by Yin Tang. Text encoded by Jeanine Cali and Jill Kuhn.
This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is part of the collection The Southern homefront, 1861-1865.
Original Version Note:
Transcribed from: Instructions for the manufacture of saltpetre / by Joseph LeConte, Professor of Chemistry and Geology in South Carolina College. Columbia, S.C. : Charles P. Pelham, State Printer, 1862. 14 p. ; 22 cm. "Published by authority of the executive council under direction of Col. James Chestnut, Jr., chief of Military Department." "This pamphlet is issued with the view of supplying information to those who may be inclined to engage in the production of saltpetre ... James Chestnut, Jr."--Page [3]. Crandall, 2924. Parrish and Willingham, 5557.
Funding Information Note:
Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this title.
System Details Note:
System requirements: PC with modem or direct Internet connection; Panorama for SGML files.
Source of Description Note:
Title from TEI header.
Subject:
Gunpowder History
Manufacturing processes Confederate States of America
Saltpeter
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Equipment and supplies

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